(reposted from SGIwhistleblowers here ).

“There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is at about eighty-five percent.” - Ezra Pound

The theory is that 85% of people are lost. The 85% are easily misled and manipulated and die without knowing who they really are. The 10% are the exploiters of the poor and lost, the 85%. The 10% are responsible for and benefit from societal manipulation. And then there are the 5% - those who attempt to do the right thing and free the minds of the 85% from life under the thumb of the 10%.

The Four Wise Monkeys - Speak, See, Hear, and Fear No Evil

The relationship between these natural roles within an exploited society can best be understood through the adage of the Wise Monkeys. This set of four is most often seen as a set of three, but there are indeed four parts. The Wise Monkeys are commonly known as Hear No evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil. These are reactions, born out of fear. The fourth monkey is Fear No Evil, and he holds his dantien or lower abdominal region, the area of the body from which all actions root, as the Asian cultures that originally used the monkey allegory believe.

The 85% are described as blind and deaf to evil, and are like the monkeys with hands over eyes and ears. The 10% are referred to as the rich slave makers of the poor, and are like the monkey covering its mouth, holding the secrets of evil. And the rare 5% are known as the poor righteous teachers, or fear no evil, the fourth monkey. Fear No Evil does not take action or reaction in fear. In fact he is depicted in a meditative position. Symbolizing truth, the antithesis of evil, he exists without fear; fear of outsiders, fear of alternative perspective or lifestyles, fear of the truth, fear of what reality may be seen, heard or spoken. source

Let's look at the Four Monkeys allegory again , but re-assign some identities, so that we can easily understand which type of (SGI) Monkey we were in the past and which type of Monkey we are now:

The 85% are described as blind and deaf to evil, and are like the monkeys SGI members with hands over eyes and ears - (fearful to see or hear the truth).

The 10% are referred to as the rich slave makers of the poor, and are like the monkey SGI high-ranking leadership covering its mouth, holding the secrets of evil - (fearful to reveal or expose the truth).

And the rare 5% are known as the poor righteous teachers, or fear no evil, the fourth monkey ex-SGI members/current whistleblowers - (fearless champions embracing and expounding the truth, "the 5% who attempt to do the right thing and free the minds of the 85% from life under the thumb of the 10%".)

I was a See, Hear, AND Speak No Evil monkey for over thirty years before I became a Fear No Evil monkey. Being a Fear No Evil Monkey is harder, but well worth it! (It's probably a requirement to experience being the first three types before being able to become the fourth!).

Which type No Evil Monkey were you in the past, and more importantly, which one will you decide to be now?